larva

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Working with week-old zebrafish larva, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and colleagues decoded how the connections formed by a network of neurons in the brainstem guide the fishes' gaze.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

"Over several weeks, they not only reshaped their morphological features, but also had a completely different feeding behavior, typical of a cydippid larva."

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024

As the ants start to attack, the larva tenses its muscles and expels a drop of bright red fluid known as hemolymph.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 15, 2024

It looks like the larva of a butterfly.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2023

In one quick gulp, she downed the white larva, then fell to her hands and knees, gagging like a cat with a hairball.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray